Modern Warfare 2 ? - for 11 year old
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We have ratings for a reason.
I don't think it is suitable for kids.
http://www.parentsbbfc.co.uk/gameDetail.asp?filmID...
I don't think it is suitable for kids.
http://www.parentsbbfc.co.uk/gameDetail.asp?filmID...
When he goes round his friends houses he'll be playing on it there, he will have headshotted more Russian soldiers than you've had hot dinners. So by not letting him have it, you are not shielding him from the "horrors" of the game, purely ensuring he feels left out when everyone else is playing it online together.
Let him have it, it's really not that bad at all.
Let him have it, it's really not that bad at all.
Edited by bonsai on Monday 5th April 11:30
bonsai said:
When he goes round his friends houses he'll be playing on it there, he will have headshotted more Russian soldiers than you've had hot dinners. So by not letting him have it, you are not shielding him from the "horrors" of the game, purely ensuring he feels left out when everyone else is playing it online together.
Let him have it, it's really not that bad at all.
Sorry - I think the opposite. Kids need to have the rules set out - so other parents are negligent (IMHO, why should you be? So he/she feels left out - they have to deal with. The world doesn't give them everything on a plate and they should learn that as early as possible. Let him have it, it's really not that bad at all.
Edited by bonsai on Monday 5th April 11:30
This is one of those questions where there is no obvious right answer.
On the one hand, as someone else has pointed out, ratings are there for a reason. At 11, he's probably too young for a 15 cert game, let alone an 18 one. However, he's more than likely had experience of the game either through videos online, or at a mates if they are all on about it (I'm assuming they own it). Nevertheless, fresh out of primary school I don't think MW2 is really appropriate, maybe buy Viva Pinata or something.
On the other hand, I know how it feels to have parents who have denied me something I 'needed' to fit in. I t didn't make me respect them any more, it just made me miserable and made it harder to fit in. I promised myself I would never 'punish' my kids (if I have any) for being too young to play a game, especially if it meant school life would be a bit more diffcult.
Unless he's showing signs of being a bodies-in-the-attic type, I say let him have it (maybe check the other kids have got it first, he might be playing you). MW2 will more than likely be around for a while, so he may well need it to fit in. The whole concept of needing a computer game (or any other luxury item) to fit in at school is frankly ridiculous, but sadly it is the case.
At the end of the day, he's your kid, therefore it's your call. We are all weirdos on the internet anyway.
On the one hand, as someone else has pointed out, ratings are there for a reason. At 11, he's probably too young for a 15 cert game, let alone an 18 one. However, he's more than likely had experience of the game either through videos online, or at a mates if they are all on about it (I'm assuming they own it). Nevertheless, fresh out of primary school I don't think MW2 is really appropriate, maybe buy Viva Pinata or something.
On the other hand, I know how it feels to have parents who have denied me something I 'needed' to fit in. I t didn't make me respect them any more, it just made me miserable and made it harder to fit in. I promised myself I would never 'punish' my kids (if I have any) for being too young to play a game, especially if it meant school life would be a bit more diffcult.
Unless he's showing signs of being a bodies-in-the-attic type, I say let him have it (maybe check the other kids have got it first, he might be playing you). MW2 will more than likely be around for a while, so he may well need it to fit in. The whole concept of needing a computer game (or any other luxury item) to fit in at school is frankly ridiculous, but sadly it is the case.
At the end of the day, he's your kid, therefore it's your call. We are all weirdos on the internet anyway.
Once your kid has been in high school for a couple of years, they will have heard/seen videos of everything. I still wouldn't let my kid on it if it was me. Maybe in a few years, when the next one comes out.
I wasn't allowed GTA until I was 15 and that didn't do me any harm.
I wasn't allowed GTA until I was 15 and that didn't do me any harm.
Edited by Norbury90 on Monday 5th April 12:54
to be honest i know the graphics have moved on a lot but i used to play doom, wolfenstein, mortal kombat, streetfighter etc etc, and they were all pretty violent, i dont think they had much of a ratings system back then but neither my friends or i ever turned into murderers or started kicking the s
t out of people (much).
t out of people (much).Let him have it. It's a computer game. Make sure he understands that. Make sure he does other stuff as well as playing computer games.
It's an 18 rated game - the most ridiculous thing is that in 5 years time he could be in afganistan doing it for real. But he'd still not be able to buy the game!
Laughable.
Just start to worry if he cuts the legs of your pet dogs.
It's an 18 rated game - the most ridiculous thing is that in 5 years time he could be in afganistan doing it for real. But he'd still not be able to buy the game!
Laughable.
Just start to worry if he cuts the legs of your pet dogs.
There is no game with the exception maybe of manhunt that isn't suitable;e for an 11 year old.
People moaning on about the violence of this game, its nothing compared to some 12/15 rated films, the airport scene is NOTHING like the press reports suggest, its a bloody game, and is laughable that people see it as anything more.
People moaning on about the violence of this game, its nothing compared to some 12/15 rated films, the airport scene is NOTHING like the press reports suggest, its a bloody game, and is laughable that people see it as anything more.
I don't restrict what games my 10 year old plays, he is smart enough to know what is a game and what is reality.
I worked in the games industry when the classification system was being introduced and we were aghast at the daily mail reading idiots spouting all sorts of crap without actually knowing what they were talking about.
I wouldn't worry about a bit of swearing in a game but I would draw the line at sexual stuff, after all I spoke like the Queen around my dad but swore like a navvy when I got around the corner at that age
I worked in the games industry when the classification system was being introduced and we were aghast at the daily mail reading idiots spouting all sorts of crap without actually knowing what they were talking about.
I wouldn't worry about a bit of swearing in a game but I would draw the line at sexual stuff, after all I spoke like the Queen around my dad but swore like a navvy when I got around the corner at that age
Sheets Tabuer said:
I don't restrict what games my 10 year old plays, he is smart enough to know what is a game and what is reality.
I worked in the games industry when the classification system was being introduced and we were aghast at the daily mail reading idiots spouting all sorts of crap without actually knowing what they were talking about.
I wouldn't worry about a bit of swearing in a game but I would draw the line at sexual stuff, after all I spoke like the Queen around my dad but swore like a navvy when I got around the corner at that age
Out of interest why draw the line at sexual stuff?I worked in the games industry when the classification system was being introduced and we were aghast at the daily mail reading idiots spouting all sorts of crap without actually knowing what they were talking about.
I wouldn't worry about a bit of swearing in a game but I would draw the line at sexual stuff, after all I spoke like the Queen around my dad but swore like a navvy when I got around the corner at that age
Surely if he knows what is a computer game and what is reality then it makes no difference what the restriction is?
Do remember all you lot that at 11 you're probably standing on your own waiting for the school bus each day, old enough to get detention, old enough to walk places on your own. So why they think this or any game deserves a certificate I have no idea.
People were going on about the airport scene at work, I seemed to get a lot of reaction when they asked "what did you do, did you shoot them or.." I replied "I ran out of ammo" and it didn't go down well...
To me its a farce how anal people are and how quick they are to blame pc games for their parenting failures.
People were going on about the airport scene at work, I seemed to get a lot of reaction when they asked "what did you do, did you shoot them or.." I replied "I ran out of ammo" and it didn't go down well...
To me its a farce how anal people are and how quick they are to blame pc games for their parenting failures.
Well, at 11 I was allowed to watch V, Terminator, Predator and a few other films/shows which perhaps might not have seemed suitable by the Daily Mail brigade. I also played Death Wish on the Amiga - such fun pumping shotgun rounds into a criminal and watching them bounce down the road as each round hit. I even played Barbarian and decapitated people, then watched a hunchbank kick their head off the screen.
Yet, despite the above, I haven't killed anyone or even had a criminal conviction of any kind..
I think the question is how bright is your kid? Is he dumb enough to jump off a cliff because his mate "dared" him, or is he clever enough to know he's just playing a game. I think that, as many posters have said above, he'll be round his mates playing it happily enough regardless of if you let him have it or not.
There will be lots of swearing from the other players but I don't think much more than he'll hear in the playground.
Yet, despite the above, I haven't killed anyone or even had a criminal conviction of any kind..
I think the question is how bright is your kid? Is he dumb enough to jump off a cliff because his mate "dared" him, or is he clever enough to know he's just playing a game. I think that, as many posters have said above, he'll be round his mates playing it happily enough regardless of if you let him have it or not.
There will be lots of swearing from the other players but I don't think much more than he'll hear in the playground.
I let my 10 yo old play it but there are a few rules mainly wrt the amount of time he plays it but also to mute any players he doesn't know. I do cringe sometimes if I see some tard with C*NT or similar as a clan tag but on the whole happy for him to play it aslong as the rules are followed.
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